How to start using MongoDB and MongoVue?

Question

I am just trying to learn MongoDB. I followed this walktrough to install it:

http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/tutorial/install-mongodb-on-windows/

Here is my screenshot for mongod.exe:

And here isthe screenshot of mongo.exe:

It seems everything is fine to me. Am I wrong?

During my googlings I decided that MongoVue is a good management application for MongoDB by a cool user interface. So I downloaded and installed it. Here is the screen I see when I opened it:

How do I have to fill these fields to create a connection from MongoVue to MongoDB? Do I have to do something else before that?

Answer 1

Assuming you haven't configured authentication within MongoDB, just give the connection a name and fill in the IP address of the server (127.0.0.1 if it's local):

Click Test to test out the settings and then Save to create the connection. Then click Connect on the parent dialog to actually connect to the server.

Caution

MongoVUE doesn't work with 3.x MongoDB servers and hasn't been updated in almost two years. See here for alternatives.